Till Time Do Us Part || TUA

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FIVE ||

Things hadn't been going his way since he arrived in Dallas. Despite managing to track down Luther, it was clear that his brother wanted nothing to do with helping him stop the apocalypse they had inadvertently brought back with them.

Frustration gnawed at him as the days passed, and then, just when he thought things couldn't get worse, he heard on the radio that Diego had escaped—with another lunatic in tow. The weight of it all bore down on him; his siblings were scattered, disinterested, or causing more chaos, and the clock was still ticking toward doomsday.

Five managed to figure out where Diego was and blinked into the backseat of a car. Diego was in the front, along with an unfamiliar woman.

"Then why are you doing this?" she asked, her voice tinged with frustration.

"Because he's an idiot," Five replied nonchalantly, drawing their attention. The woman, startled, spun around to face him, eyes wide.

"Who the hell are you?" she demanded, glancing around in confusion, trying to understand how he had suddenly appeared.

"Hi. I'm his loving brother," Five said with a sarcastic wave, his tone matching the smug smile on his face.

Diego rolled his eyes, clearly unimpressed. "Who left me to rot in the nut house," he added, glaring at Five.

"To protect you from yourself... Harmony must have done the same," Five's voice dropped, laced with an unsettling calm.

"That's quite sweet," the woman replied sincerely, seemingly touched by his words.

Diego glanced over at Five, a mix of confusion, hurt, and anger flashing across his face. "You haven't found her?" he asked, his voice tight with concern. Five shook his head, and Diego huffed in frustration, trying to push the subject aside. "Okay, both of you, out," he ordered, still focused on his mission to stop Kennedy's assassin.

"Lose the crazy lady and come with me. We have important business," Five insisted, his tone sharper now. The woman stared at him, her expression wounded by his harsh words, but Diego, his mind elsewhere, turned back to face the front.

"I'm not going anywhere with you," he muttered, refusing to be swayed from his plan.

Five turned his head to look out the window. "Okay, fine." He spotted an officer and called out loudly, "Officer!" He leaned out of the window with a grin.

Diego, reacting dramatically, spun around and grabbed Five by his uniform. "Hey! What are you doing?" His face was inches from Five's.

Five's smile widened, satisfied with Diego's reaction. "I hear there's a reward out for you two."

The woman, watching the exchange, chimed in, "He's bluffing."

Diego, still locking eyes with his brother, replied, "He's not," while Five's grin remained firmly in place.

Diego relented, releasing his grip on Five's uniform. "Fine. I'll go with you."

The woman, who had been silently observing, finally spoke up. "What about me?" she asked, genuinely curious.

Five and Diego turned to look at her, both with questioning expressions. Five scrutinized her closely, her happy demeanor causing a flicker of recognition to cross his mind, though he couldn't quite place it. He also had reservations about her, given she had just escaped from an insane asylum.

Diego glanced back at Five, a smirk on his face. "And I'm bringing the crazy lady," he said, clearly aiming to get under Five's skin.

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HARMONY ||

Klaus, Harmony, and Ben's ghost managed to get to Dallas by "winning" a man's truck fair and square. However, the police had tracked them down and arrested Klaus, leaving Harmony to follow behind. Being perceived as a "child" worked to her advantage in situations like these.

In the Dallas police station, Harmony stood in front of a mirror, trying to come up with a plan to get Klaus out. She had been in the bathroom for several hours, the sounds of bustling activity outside providing a backdrop to her anxious thoughts.

She could hear a woman speaking loudly to the officer at the front desk, asking to see a man named Raymond Chestnut. Harmony shook her head, dismissing the noise as she splashed water on her face, still unsure of her next move.

Harmony walked out of the bathroom and approached the front desk again. "Excuse me, officer?" she said politely. The officer looked up, his smile warm. "Yes, darlin'?" he responded, clearly not wanting to upset a child.

Harmony suppressed an eye roll. "I've been waiting for several hours. I'd like to know what's happened to my uncle."

The officer glanced down at his papers. "What's his name, sweetheart?"

"Hargreaves, Klaus Hargreaves."

The officer flipped through the papers, stopping briefly. "He'll be out in just a moment. Just hang tight."

Harmony sighed heavily and stepped away from the desk, taking a seat and resting her head in her hands.

"Harmony?" A woman's voice called out. Harmony looked up, her expression puzzled, and saw Allison sitting across from her. "Allison?"

Allison stood up, and the two hugged briefly, excitement evident in their faces, though neither would admit it. "How... when did you get here? Where's Five?" Allison asked, her questions spilling out.

"I don't know where he is," Harmony replied, crossing her arms. "I got here seventy-six days ago, alone."

Allison smiled down at her, quickly shifting the topic. "You were asking for Klaus?"

Harmony glanced at the officer at the desk and back at Allison, nodding knowingly. "Klaus," they said in unison.